Known as some of the toughest and most highly trained rescue personnel in the U.S. military, Coast Guard rescue swimmers—officially Aviation Survival Technicians (ASTs)—are called upon in the most ...

The Coast Guard rescue swimmers helped hoist the group of migrants onto the helicopter, authorities said. The migrants were ...

the duty officer immediately requested helicopter support from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector and deployed a rescue boat and jet ski with four rescue swimmers, the fire department said in a statement.

“That’s where our rescue swimmers just started yelling at them to not move and wait for the helicopter.” Advertising After 3:30 p.m., a Coast Guard helicopter rescue team arrived on scen ...